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England & Wales legal aid needs 25% rise: Commission
Cross-party group calls present situation unsustainable
Bars across Scotland opt out of COP26 courts
Associations reject fees offer limited to COP26 cases
Sheriff rules on proof of course of behaviour for abuse
Corroboration not required of each separate incident libelled
Reconviction rates rise in latest figures
Statistics for offenders from 2018-19 buck recent downward trend
SLAB consults on assessment of accounts
Travel and subsistence changes proposed; views sought for accounts guidance
GBA members to boycott holiday custody courts
Action announced in protest at unequal treatment and "chronic underfunding"
MSPs invite views on Scottish criminal justice budget
Legal aid among the topics to be scrutinised in review of spending plans
Children exposed to crime to have Bairns' Hoose by 2025
Combined services to be available to all eligible victims or witnesses
Support found for wide ranging miners' strike pardon
Responses to consultation want proposed pardon to be inclusive
Report reveals views of young on sentencing guideline
Research finds support for rehabilitation, and reparation to victim
Replacement legal aid support fund open to applications
Firms have until 18 August to apply for share of £6.7m support
Commission extends homicide reform response deadline
Comments on discussion paper remain open until 15 October 2021
MPs call for urgent legal aid reforms south of border
Justice Committee report highlights significant issues similar to Scotland
30% of rejected fiscal fines not prosecuted: FOI release
Government says decisions in individual cases a matter for COPFS
Community sentence aim not being met: Audit Scotland
Report finds lack of progress in switching from custodial disposals
SLAB not bound to pay statutory interest: Appeal Court
Appeal allowed against decision that commercial late payment rules apply
Ministers commit to state-of-the-art forensic lab
New facility will provide post mortem toxicology services
Research reveals public's views of sex crime sentencing
Study finds lack of awareness of offences, and actual sentences imposed
Commission brings Scots definitions of homicide under review
New discussion paper puts options to redefine murder and culpable homicide
Legal aid support options aired as further talks held
Government sets out possible ways to use balance of resilience fund
Howard League calls for less remand as big jump reported
Nearly a quarter of Scottish prisoners are awaiting trial
Salmond trial blogger given eight months for contempt
Craig Murray's posts could have led to complainers being identified
Barrister fined £5,000 for Supreme Court judgment leak
Environmental lawyer not justified in breaking embargo to protest decision
Jail term upheld for mother's false tax credit claim
12 months not excessive for 68 month, £55,000 fraud by abused mother of six